Category: Tizen

It’s pain in the ass. Really. If you can stick to Ubuntu or its derivatives, please do that.

I kinda hate how Tizen Studio is developed to only support Ubuntu out-of-the-box. A software should not dictate what Linux distro it should be installed on. Distro is just like a religion for some people, and some people are like me, who doesn’t like Ubuntu and its bloatware.

Personally I use OpenSUSE on my home workstation, and Fedora on my office workstation. Both distros are RPM based and it is really difficult to install Tizen Studio which is tied to Ubuntu (which relies on Debian Package).

Installing Tizen Studio in Fedora and OpenSUSE is basically similar: it nags every single time. Firstly, Tizen Studio requires Oracle JDK. So for a system with OpenJDK by default installed, you have to install Oracle JDK then change the default Java to Oracle JDK. I am not sure why Tizen Studio forces us to go for Oracle JDK instead of OpenJDK as there might be only subtle differences between those two. Even this Stack Overflow thread said so.